Announcing the N00B NAME CHALLENGE

[qatarperegrine]

Justin's brother Derek started the wonderful family tradition of announcing a forthcoming child's name through a puzzle or quiz game -- a tradition I am pleased to continue, sucker for trivia games that I am.

Our family and friends now too far-flung to do this around the dining room table at Christmas, so we will conduct our baby name challenge RIGHT HERE ON LIVEJOURNAL!

Here's how it works:

1. I will post one clue per day, at approximately 6 p.m. (that's 4 a.m. in Auckland -- sorry David, 8 a.m. in California, 9 a.m. in Montana, 10 a.m. in Kansas City, 11 a.m. in Pittsburgh/DC, 3 p.m. in Oxford, and 4 p.m. in Ouagadougou, in case anyone in Ouagadougou decides to join in).
   
2. You may then post a comment containing either your guess for the day or general commentary.
   
3. Your comments will be SCREENED, which means they won't be visible to others until I approve them. I WILL ONLY APPROVE GUESSES IF THEY ARE INCORRECT; thus, if you see a name in comments, you can assume it is an incorrect guess.
   
4. When you post a correct guess, I'll post that you have finished the game, but will not unscreen your comment.
   
5. Using Google and other resources is totally fine.
   
6. We will continue posting daily clues for as long as people are guessing!
   
7. This is meant to be collaborative, so cross-talk is encouraged. If everyone thinks we're naming our daughter Gertrude but you happen to know that I was deeply traumatized by Gertrude the Puzzle Bird in 6th grade*, I encourage you to share that information.

* Totally made up. Gertrude the Puzzle Bird rocked my little 6th grade world.


Your first clue is this:
It's a saint's name.

Comments

and final list...

[(Anonymous)]

St. Namadia
Bl. Narcisa De Jesus Martillo Moran
Bl. Narcisa de Jesus Martillo Moran
St. Natalia
Bl. Nemesia Valle
St. Nennoc
St. Nicarete
Bls. Nicholas and Anne Giustiniani
St. Nino
St. Non
St. Notburga
St. Notburga
St. Notburga
St. Obitius
St. Odilia
St. Offa
St. Olga
St. Oliva
St. Olympias
St. Opportuna
Bl. Osanna of Cattaro
St. Osburga
St. Osmanna
St. Osmanna
St. Osyth
St. Paschasia
St. Patricia
St. Paula
St. Paula
St. Paula Frasinetti
St. Pega
St. Pelagia
St. Pelagia of Antioch
St. Pelagia of Tarsus
St. Perseveranda
St. Petronilla
St. Pharaildis
St. Philomena
St. Philomena
St. Phoebe
St. Photina
St. Pierre-Francois Neron
Bl. Pina Suriano
St. Placide Viel
St. Placidia
St. Platonides
St. Pomposa
St. Potamioene the Younger
St. Praxedes
St. Principia
St. Prisca
St. Priscilla
St. Pudentiana
St. Puicheria Augusta
St. Pusinna
St. Quiteria
St. Rachilidis
St. Radegunde
St. Regina
St. Reineldis
St. Relindis
St. Reparata
St. Restituta
St. Restituta of Sora
St. Rhipsime
St. Rhuddlad
St. Richardis
St. Richrudis
St. Rita
St. Rita Amada de Jesus
St. Rita of Cascia
St. Romana
St. Romlua
St. Rosalia
Bl. Rosalie Rendu
Bl. Rose
Bl. Rose Chretien
St. Rose of Lima
St. Rose Philippine Duchesne
St. Rusticula
St. Saethryth
St. Salaberga
Bl. Salomea
Sts. Salome & Judith
St. Samthan
St. Samthann
St. Samthann
St. Saturnina
St. Savina
Bl. Savina Petrilli
St. Scholastica
St. Secundina
St. Senorina
St. Seraphina
St. Serapia
St. Serenus the Gardener
St. Severa
St. Severa
St. Sexburga
St. Sofia
St. Susanna
Sts. Syncletica
St. Tabitha
St. Talida
St. Tanca
St. Tarbula
St. Tarsicia
St. Tarsilla
St. Teath
St. Teresa Kim Im-i
St. Teresa of Avila
St. Teresa de los Andes
St. Teresa Margaret Redi
Bl.Teresa of Calcutta
St. Teresa of Jesus Jornet Ibars
St. Teresa of Portugal
St. Tetta
St. Thais
Sts. Thea & Valentina
St. Thecla
St. Thecla of Kitzingen
St. Theobald
St. Theoctiste
St. Theodichildis
St. Theodora
St. Theodora & Didymus
St. Theodora
St. Theodora
St. Theodora
St. Theodosia
St. Theodosia
St. Theorigitha (Tortgyth)
St. Theresa Coudere
Saint Therese of Lisieux
St. Thordgith
St. Tigridia
St. Tochmura
St. Trea
St. Triduna
St. Trypbaena
St. Tryphonia
St. Tudy
St. Tydfil
St. Ulphia
St. Ursula
Bl. Ursulina
St. Valentina & Thea
St. Valeria
St. Valeria
St. Venaranda
St. Verena
St. Veridiana
St. Veronica
St. Veronica Giuliani
St. Victoria
St. Victoria of Tivoli
St. Victoria of Tivoli
Blessed Victoria Strata
Bl. Vilana of Florence
Bl. Villana
St. Vincentia Maria Lopez Y Vicuna
St. Vincenza Gerosa
St. Vincenza Mary Lopez y Vicuna
St. Vissia
St. Vitalina
St. Walburga
St. Wastrada
St. Werburg
St. Werburga
St. Wiborada
St. Wilfretrudis
St. Wilfrida
St. Wilgefortis
St. Wiltrudis
St. Wiltrudis
St. Wiltrudis
St. Winebald
St. Winifred
St. Winifred
St. Withburga
St. Wivina
St. Wulfhilda
Bl. Yvette
St. Zdislava of Lemberk
St. Zita
St. Zita

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